South Africa's government has launched an investigation into how the supply of scrap metal has been affected by the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, and has banned scrap exports for a period of two months beginning July 3.
The country's minister at the department of trade, industry and competition (DTIC), Ebrahim Patel, has issued a trade policy directive to the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa to look urgently into measures to help support the metals industry.Local mini-mills...